The Forks Over Knives Plan - by Alona Pulde & Matthew Lederman (Paperback)

About the Book

The trailblazing film Forks Over Knives helped spark a medical and nutritional revolution. Backed by scientific research, the film's doctors and expert researchers made a radical but convincing case that modern diseases can be prevented and often reversed by leaving meat, dairy, and highly refined foods for a whole-food, plant-based diet instead. Now, The Forks Over Knives Plan shows you how to put this life-saving, delicious diet into practice in your own life.

Book Synopsis

From the creators of the groundbreaking documentary comes the New York Times bestselling diet plan Sanjay Gupta called "the prescription you need to live a long, healthy life"--a plan to transition to a delicious whole-foods, plant-based diet in just twenty-eight days.

The trailblazing film Forks Over Knives helped spark a medical and nutritional revolution. Backed by scientific research, the film's doctors and expert researchers made a radical but convincing case that modern diseases can be prevented and often reversed by leaving meat, dairy, and highly refined foods off the plate and adopting a whole-food, plant-based diet instead.

Now, The Forks Over Knives Plan shows you how to put this life-saving, delicious diet into practice in your own life. This easy-to-follow, meal-by-meal makeover is the approach Doctors Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman (featured in the documentary) use every day in their nutritional health practice--a simple plan that focuses on hearty comfort foods and does not involve portion control or worrying about obtaining single nutrients like protein and calcium.

In just four short weeks you'll learn how to stock your refrigerator, plan meals, combat cravings, and discover all the tips and tricks you'll need to eat on the go and snack healthily. You'll also get 100 simple, tasty recipes to keep you on the right track, beautiful photographs, a 28-day eating guide, and advice throughout the book from people just like you.

Whether you're already a convert and just want a dietary reboot, or you're trying a plant-based diet for the first time, The Forks Over Knives Plan makes it easier than ever to transition to this healthiest way of eating...and to maintain it for life.

Review Quotes

"Forks Over Knives changed our lives! Eating plant-based is not only good for your health...It is the one simple elegant thing that EVERYONE can do to help clean up the environment and create a better planet where our children and grandchildren can thrive."--Suzy Amis Cameron and James Cameron, philanthropists and environmental activists

"Forks Over Knives truly changed my life, and it also changed my entire perspective on eating habits. ... I encourage everyone to try out the recipes in the book and be open-minded to all of its possibilities. If you have your health, you really have it all."--Arian Foster, NFL pro football player

"The Forks Over Knives Plan is comprehensive, pragmatic, and beautifully simple. A big plant-strong thumbs up!"--Rip Esselstyn, former professional triathlete and author of The Engine 2 Diet

"The Forks Over Knives Plan is the prescription you need to live a long, healthy life."--Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN chief medical correspondent

"A smart, user-friendly 'how-to' book on using whole, plant-based foods."--Dr. T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study

"As a plant-based athlete for twenty years, The Forks Over Knives Plan is the by far the best program I have followed to achieve optimal results in health and fitness."--Robert Cheeke, professional bodybuilder and vegan since 1995

"Dive into a deeper understanding of how you can eat for health--complete with delicious whole-foods recipes!"--Lindsay Nixon, author of The Happy Herbivore Cookbook

"Drs. Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman are extraordinary pioneers, leaders, and healers who represent the future of medicine."--Dean Ornish, MD, president and founder of the nonprofit Preventive Medicine Research Institute

"Drs. Alona Pulde and Matthew Lederman have forged the bedrock foundation for successful plant-based nutrition in their Forks Over Knives Plan, which may reestablish a healthy America."--Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD, author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

"Drs. Pulde and Lederman have written an easy-to-follow four-week prescription to better health. Get it, read it, do it."--Terry Mason, Chief Operating Officer, Cook County Department of Public Health

"Eating plants revolutionized every aspect of my life for the better. It worked for me and I promise it will work for you too.So do yourself and your loved ones a favor and get this book!"--Rich Roll, vegan ultra-endurance athlete and author of Finding Ultra

"This book is an absolute jewel! In just a few days, you can feel a growing confidence and excitement as you follow these stepping stones to the life you deserve."--Doug Lisle, PhD, coauthor of The Pleasure Trap

"Those new to the plan may be surprised that portion control is out the window; because, as the authors point out, plant-based foods have a lower calorie density, larger portions are required to maintain satiety (without weight gain). This is a worthy addition to the growing Forks over Knives library."-- "Publishers Weekly"

"You are about to be blown away by how well this step-by-step plan works. It is simple, affordable, medically sound, and people tested. Read these pages, start leaning in to the suggestions, and expect nothing less than a profound physical transformation!"--Kathy Freston, author of Quantum Wellness

"Forks Over Knives showed us why a whole food, plant-based diet is so powerful. Now, The Forks Over Knives Plan shows us how to put it to work. Food is medicine, and this easy-to-follow, delicious, four-week plan will get you on track toward optimal health."--Neal D. Barnard, MD, author of Power Foods for the Brain

"The Forks Over Knives Plan is easy. Easy to understand, easy to follow, and easy to cure yourself of common health problems."--John McDougall, MD, author of The Starch Solution

"The Forks Over Knives Plan provides easy-to-follow steps for improving your health, and living more sustainably and compassionately. This life-changing book will empower you to feel better and live better."--Gene Baur, founder of Farm Sanctuary

"Plant-based nutrition is now the most powerful medication I prescribe for my patients. The Forks Over Knives Plan is a much-needed resource that will help them transition to a whole-food, plant-based diet and truly re-take control of their health."--James F. Loomis, MD, Director of Prevention and Wellness, St. Luke's Hospital

"The movie Forks Over Knives motivated millions of people to consider the importance of adopting a plant-based diet. Now The Forks Over Knives Plan provides the tools needed to help actualize this motivation and drive people towards a health-promoting diet."--Alan Goldhamer, DC, director of TrueNorth Health Center

"With The Forks Over Knives Plan, adopting a whole food plant-based lifestyle has never been easier or more delicious. I only wish this book had been around when I went plant-based 37 years ago."--Chef AJ, author of Unprocessed

"Yes, there's overwhelming scientific evidence that a whole-food, plant-based diet can save your life, but how do you actually do it? That's what The Forks Over Knives Plan is for!"--Michael Greger, MD, founder of NutritionFacts.org

"This powerful and practical four-step method provides readers with a GPS to health. We simply cannot afford to continue harming our bodies with food."--Robert Ostfeld, MD, director of the Cardiac Wellness Program at Montefiore Medical Center

About the Author

Alona Pulde, MD, is a family practitioner specializing in nutritional and lifestyle medicine in Los Angeles. Alona developed the lifestyle change program used for patients in the film Forks Over Knives, as well as in her clinic, Transition to Health: Medical, Nutrition, and Wellness Center. She is the author of Keep It Simple, Keep It Whole: Your Guide to Optimum Health and The Forks Over Knives Plan.

Matthew Lederman, MD, is a board-certified internal medicine physician specializing in nutrition and lifestyle medicine. He lectures for the eCornell T. Colin Campbell Certificate Program in Plant Based Nutrition and appeared in the films Healing Cancer From the Inside Out and Forks Over Knives. Along with Alona Pulde, he cofounded Transition to Health: Medical, Nutrition, and Wellness Center and coauthored Keep It Simple, Keep It Whole and The Forks Over Knives Plan.